θέρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰéros, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰéros (“heat; warm weather”), from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”) + *-os (action noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰé.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈtʰe.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈθe.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈθe.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈθe.ros/
Noun
θέρος • (théros) n (genitive θέρους or θέρεος); third declension
- heat
- summer
- Coordinate terms: ὀπώρα (opṓra), χειμών (kheimṓn), ἔαρ (éar)
- harvest, crop
Inflection
Third declension of τὸ θέρος; τοῦ θέρους (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ θέρος tò théros | τὼ θέρει tṑ thérei | τᾰ̀ θέρη tà thérē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ θέρους toû thérous | τοῖν θεροῖν toîn theroîn | τῶν θερῶν tôn therôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ θέρει tôi thérei | τοῖν θεροῖν toîn theroîn | τοῖς θέρεσῐ / θέρεσῐν toîs théresi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ θέρος tò théros | τὼ θέρει tṑ thérei | τᾰ̀ θέρη tà thérē | ||||||||||
Vocative | θέρος théros | θέρει thérei | θέρη thérē | ||||||||||
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Third declension of τὸ θέρος; τοῦ θέρεος (Ionic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ θέρος tò théros | τὼ θέρει / θέρεε tṑ thérei / théree | τᾰ̀ θέρεᾰ tà thérea | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ θέρεος / θέρευς toû théreos / théreus | τοῖν θερέοιν toîn theréoin | τῶν θερέων tôn theréōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ θέρει / θέρεῐ̈ tôi thérei / théreï | τοῖν θερέοιν toîn theréoin | τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν θέρεσῐ / θέρεσῐν toîsi(n) théresi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ θέρος tò théros | τὼ θέρει / θέρεε tṑ thérei / théree | τᾰ̀ θέρεᾰ tà thérea | ||||||||||
Vocative | θέρος théros | θέρει / θέρεε thérei / théree | θέρεᾰ thérea | ||||||||||
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Third declension of θέρος; θέρεος (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | θέρος théros | θέρει / θέρεε thérei / théree | θέρεᾰ thérea | ||||||||||
Genitive | θέρεος / θέρευς théreos / théreus | θερέοιν theréoin | θερέων theréōn | ||||||||||
Dative | θέρει / θέρεῐ̈ thérei / théreï | θερέοιν theréoin | θέρεσῐ / θέρεσῐν théresi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | θέρος théros | θέρει / θέρεε thérei / théree | θέρεᾰ thérea | ||||||||||
Vocative | θέρος théros | θέρει / θέρεε thérei / théree | θέρεᾰ thérea | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- θερινός (therinós)
References
- “θέρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “θέρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “θέρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- θέρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- θέρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “θέρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2330 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- crop idem, page 185.
- harvest idem, page 387.
Greek
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθe.ɾos/
- Hyphenation: θέ‧ρος
Etymology 1
A borrowing from Ancient Greek θέρος (théros), retaining the neuter gender.
Noun
θέρος • (théros) n (uncountable)
- (singular only, formal, sciences) summer, summertime
- Synonym: καλοκαίρι (kalokaíri)
Declension
θέρος
case \\ number | singular |
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nominative | θέρος • |
genitive | θέρους • |
accusative | θέρος • |
vocative | θέρος • |
Coordinate terms
- άνοιξη f (ánoixi, “spring”)
- έαρ f (éar, “spring”)
- εποχή f (epochí, “season”)
- καλοκαίρι n (kalokaíri, “summer”)
- φθινόπωρο n (fthinóporo, “autumn, fall”)
- χειμώνας m (cheimónas, “winter”)
Etymology 2
From Ancient Greek θέρος (théros) with change of gender to masculine.
Noun
θέρος • (théros) m (uncountable)
- (singular only) harvest, vintage
- (singular only) harvest time
Declension
θέρος
case \\ number | singular |
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nominative | θέρος • |
genitive | θέρου • |
accusative | θέρο • |
vocative | θέρε • |
Further reading
- θέρος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- θέρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el